2019 Christmas bargains thread 1

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Jingle those bells because it’s time for thread 1!

The aim of this thread is to share ideas for Christmas bargains and present ideas and a little bit of Christmas chat etc. I’ll try my best to do a post with the most popular links, if there’s anything specific you’d like me to add or if something I’ve put up doesn’t work please let me know in bold . Thank you

As usual no affiliate links (I’m still not exactly sure what they are but consensus was not to have them) and if we have any sites to post personal sign up links we’ll do this on a separate thread so all can post their links, I’ll do this when —I get around to it— soon.

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@Barbarara thank you for the Santa Sack code much appreciated!! 2 personalised sacks for £10 +p&p fab!

Set of Family Finger Puppets £1 with free delivery from amazon (place seperate orders if wanting more than one set, or you have to pay postage)

Oh me oh my. I got so engrossed in this thread last night that when I checked my emails this morning it seems I made a purchase at 4.10am! Worse still it was for me, not even a gift

Spill, @MyFoofIsAloof, what did you buy?!

Thanks for the finger puppet idea
@TellMeItsNotTrue got three different types of sets for my Granddaughter. Be useful in a small tub for a toy to amuse her when in a cafe etc.

@NoWordForFluffy the Elemis balm. As it was only £5 I don't feel toooo bad but my plan was to get ideas and buy for others. Hi hun.

Bleurgh ho hum not fucking Hi hon!

Thank you for the ideas! I've mainly got ds who will be almost 5 but has asd and is maybe a year behind his age developmentally. He is bus mad if anyone sees anything usual! His cousin who is 6 and my parents then the usual work secret Santa etc

@woodwaj Does he have any of the playmobil buses? BUS

Orchard toys have Boardgame plus a jigsaw puzzle though that might ba a bit young for him.

Maybe not so much a bargain but , for those of us out there that still send Christmas cards . In September, October ,November I write a few from my list and stamp them. Come December they are usually all done and ready to post off and you haven't had to get the stamps all in one go.

Whoops posted too soon.
I've also for the past two years done a spreadsheet on who I'm sending too and if they sent one back. That way you can cull back on how many to send.

@woodwaj - my ASD lad is bus mad too. At that age we got him the Naughty Bus book and a little red London bus to go with it, he loved the story and acted some of it out with his little bus :)

Bus Bedding

For some reason @woodwaj I'm determined to find bus stuff now

There's also The Magic School Bus series if you don't already have those?

@TellMeItsNotTrue thank you so much - just completed very tricky to buy for FIL's Christmas present on Dust & Things !

Thanks @whatwillicallmyself, it's available in Dublin so I'm sorted! Never thought to look at the Irish site, too busy begrudging the rest of you

@Barbarara, there's an English language option on Amazon.de - haven't checked the others. Lego seems much more expensive than the UK site though.

I ordered from Amazon UK to Sweden once. It was fine but it took a bloody long time

Not sure if it was an error with the till, the system or my specific item but I bought a charcoal grey Men’s fleece dressing gown in M&S today - tagged at £29.50 and when I got to the till it was £1.99! Wasn’t in the sale section at all, final sale and no returns but for £1.99 I’m not bothered!

Hello all, new to this thread this year as on maternity leave so need to be organised and find some bargains!!

Thanks for the Lego Ninjago boat tip for Argos. I got it yesterday for DS8. I think I saw someone upthread suggesting getting someone to post it to them, just a warning it's bloody huge!! I've had to leave mine in the boot of DHs car and will take it to my Mum's for storage!

I often order from Amazon, both the UK and German one (speaks both) but given the low value on pound right now the items on amazon UK is just so much cheaper to buy.

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Thanks for the Spode link whoever shared it above, much appreciated! Not sure what to add this year, think I want placemats and possinly large dishes to put cookies etc on. It is a shame it isnt the absolute bargain of last year though, 16 piece set for £35!

Just back from my Range and they didnt have any Christmas bits out sadly! I'm 0/2 this weekend. Come on shops!

Also off to google bus toys!

Thanks for this thread. I followed last year and bought far too much. This year I promised myself I wouldn’t start thinking about Christmas until at least November yet here I am

BargainMax.co.uk have Hatchimal Advent Calendars for £9.99 plus an extra 5% off today. TopCashback also available.

@ImNotHappyaboutitPauline thanks we have the board game which he likes (weve got the puzzle and he just cant do it!) I've always avoided playmobil they just seen like a bit of a shell with not much to them if that makes sense?

@SquintEastwood weve got the naughty bus he does love it (and we have a million buses as we live very close to the bus museum! approx)

@ImNotHappyaboutitPauline I'm glad you are up for the challenge. It'll be a tricky one we've got the bus bedding I've not heard of the magic bus series though

Amazon have Hippococo Magnetic 3D Building Blocks with Marble Run Game either 32 or 60 piece sets already reduced to £40/£67 but with a further 50% off promotion applied at checkout if you tick the box on the listing.